ICM Prize winners - January 2007/ICM Prize winners - June 2007

Credit Management, Apr 2008

Our congratulations go to all our prize winners, and to everyone who succeeded in passing the January and June 2007 examinations. Our best wishes go to everyone taking examinations this year.

P&A Group Prize

Introductory Credit Management

Winner: Roy Daniel

Roy attended evening classes tutored by Mary Delahunty at Centrica, in Leicester. He has worked for British Gas for three years and at the time of his examination success was a member of the company's warrants team.

Coface UK Prize

Accounting

Winner: Daniela Caruana

Daniela is employed as a credit controller by the lntercomp Group of Companies in Malta. Here she is responsible for the overall running of the credit management function. Daniela chose to study her ICM examinations through the Malta Association of Credit Management.

CREDIT Management Prize

Business Law

Joint winner: Rosana Marks

Rosana Marks graduated from Thames Valley University with a BA Honours degree in European Business Studies. After working as an accounting coordinator in the hotel industry, Rosana spent six years as a European Credit Supervisor for a container shipping company. She now works for Navman Europe. Rosana joined the Institute in 2006 and studied Business Law at London Metropolitan University. Rosana says "it was hard work but worth it!"

Joint winner: Melanie Zimmer-Rouse

After moving from Germany to the UK, Melanie Zimmer-Rouse started her career in credit in 2002 with Russ Berrie (UK) Ltd, an international plush and giftware distributor, where she supervises the credit department.

Melanie concluded the Certificate level in January 2007 with the Business Law examination.

Joint winner: Imelda Jervin

Imelda works for Harley Davidson Europe, where she started work by compiling reports and processing financial accounts. She was trained 'in-house' in wholesale credit analysis to be promoted to the role of underwriter, Imelda studied at home using the ICM Learning Support Service.

Moore Stephens Prize

Legal Proceedings & Insolvency

Winner: Karen Boden

Karen currently undertakes the role of UK Credit Risk Co-ordinator, including UK Group Credit Risk, for the distribution companies of Specialist Computer Holdings.

Karen studied for her examinations through unsupported home study.

Equifax Prize

Advanced Credit Management

Joint winner: Cynthia Williams

Cynthia is now assistant to the Managing Director of Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward, a firm of estate agents dealing in sales, lettings, surveys, financial services and management. In her previous role as client liaison manager, she worked with all divisions of the company. She started dealing with the firm's bad debts as a sideline, but as the company has grown so too has the role, resulting in promotion and increased resource.

Joint winner: Andrew Grainger

At the time of his examination success, Andrew was a Treasury Analyst with Fidelity International, having previously held positions with American Express, BT and IBM. He is a law graduate and a competent linguist who is also working his way to the Association of Corporate Treasurer's AMCT qualification via home study.

Credit Services Association (CSA) Prize

Credit Management Law

Winner: Sally Rutherford

Since being employed with Richmondshire District Council, Sally has worked in a variety of roles including debt recovery and litigation. She is currently responsible for front line collections through to litigation of all of the Council's sundry debts, working alongside the authority's external solicitors.

Sally has been sponsored by her employer in her studies and is now studying towards her Diploma using the ICM's Learning Support Service. Sally thanks her course tutor, Tim Wilshire, for all his help and encouragement.

Experian Prize

Business Environment

Winner: Graham Williams - see opposite

PricewaterhouseCoopers Prize

Practical Credit Management Project

Winner: Holly Jannaway

Holly is a credit manager at Dairy Crest Foods, managing a team of 19 credit controllers and a debtor book of £1.4bn. Prior to Dairy Crest, she spent nearly ten years with GlaxoSmithKline as a customer service manager in two areas; supply chain and sales ledger/credit management.

Holly used the ICM Learning Support Service. She says: "This is a great way of studying as it gave the flexibility to fit around my busy lifestyle." Holly thanks her assigned tutor, Judith Proctor, for her excellent support.

ICM Prize winners - June 2007

Sir Roger Cork Prize

Highest aggregate examination marks 2007

Winner: Graham Williams

After 18 years in banking Graham joined Lombard North Central (part of the RBS Group) seven years ago to work in its debt recovery department.

Graham says that the flexibility offered by the ICM Distance Learning Programme was important to him, and that his studies have increased his technical knowledge and his self-confidence.

Our sincere congratulations go to Graham, who during the course of the 2007 programme picked up no less than three prizes in his examinations, the marks for which contribute to his fourth success, the Sir Roger Cork Prize.